What is it?
Very old Celtic holiday called “Samhain” November 1 st was the start of the New Year. The marked the end of summer.
October 31 was called All Hallow’s Eve. October is the day when the world of the living and the dead become one.
Poor Celtic children went to homes on October 31 st. They were given food. For food, they would pray for the souls of the giver’s dead family. They would pray on All Saint’s Day (Nov. 1)
This tradition began when people believed that making scary faces on pumpkins scares away evil ghosts! We use pumpkins because there are a lot in America.
During Samhain, people worse masks and costumes to hide from evil spirits! This became popular in the US in the 1930s.
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Haunted Houses are ways to make money for clubs. Each room has something scary in it!
Halloween makes over 5,000,000,000 dollars a year. Halloween started 6,000 years ago in Ireland. Boston had 30,128 Jack O Lanterns ! The first Jack O Lanterns were made from beets. The word “witch” comes from the old English word, Wicce, which means wise woman. Samhainophobia is a fear of Halloween. The largest pumpkin in the world was in 1993, and was 500 Kilograms.